Bonnie Pauzé says the water from her artesian well is ‘some of the best stuff on the planet’. Photograph: Cole Burston/The Guardian From The Guardian, November 25, 2021 By Leyland Cecco The people of Tiny and neighboring First Nations are fighting the expansion of the quarry pits to keep their water ...
From Friends of Simcoe Forests To our supporters, We thought it was important to touch base and give you a little update on the Environmental Resource Recovery Centre (ERRC) hearing. The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) hearing regarding the ERRC has ended. Evidence from all parties has been pre...
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood is a researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and author of Roadmap to a Canadian Just Transition Act, and will be a keynote speaker at the workshop. In the last five weeks, Council of Canadians supporters across the country have been talking to neighbours,...
By Mike, Huiting, Noor, Mat, Caro, Leon and the whole team at Avaaz Over 1,400 dolphins, including pregnant mothers and calves, were slaughtered in the Faroe Islands. Dolphins are one of earth’s most intelligent species. They understand joy… and grief. Imagine the terror they faced in tha...
By Becky Smit, Campaign Chair, Ontario Greens On November 22, Ontario’s Auditor General released the Annual Report of Environmental Audits, and unsurprisingly, Doug Ford got an ‘F’ on his report card. The damning report said that for the third year in a row the Ministry of the Environment, Conservati...
From 350.org Earlier this week, a climate-charged atmospheric river delivered unprecedented rainstorms across BC’s lower mainland. Rivers rose, storms surged, highways were washed away and the entire city of Merritt had to be evacuated. Many of the images from the flooding are harrowing, but one imag...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault hold a press conference at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 2. SEAN KILPATRICK / THE CANADIAN PRESS From the Toronto Star, November 17, 2021 By Linda McQuaig During the Second World War, no Canadian woul...
The Holland Marsh Highway will destroy wetlands, forests, and farmlands. By Jack Gibbons, Chair, Lake Simcoe Watch A plurality of Lake Simcoe area voters is opposed to the construction of the Holland Marsh Highway, with 48% opposed, 23% undecided and 29% in support – according to a telephone survey c...
“Reconsider Your Support for Bradford Bypass” local groups ask Lake Simcoe municipalities in light of growing public pressure, faulty process and high costs November 18 2021 Simcoe County, ON – Following four high profile “Greenbelt Not Asphalt” protests against the building of new highways in ...
This map shows the focused study area of the city’s Settlement Area Boundary Expansion.Supplied Photo From OrilliaMatters, November 15, 2021 By: OrilliaMatters Staff Stakeholders from the City of Orillia, Townships of Oro-Medonte, Severn, and Ramara, Treaty First Nations, specifically the Chipp...
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